Charles Dance
AKA: Τσαρλς Ντανς
Birthday: 1946-10-10
Birthplace: Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
Walter Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) is an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He typically plays strict, authoritarian characters or villains. He is best known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Kitchener in The King's Man, Martin Benson in Amazon Prime's The Widow, Lord Mountbatten in Netflix's The Crown (for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series), Thomas in Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars, Harold Fillmore in Ghostbusters (2016), Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Frankenstein in Victor Frankenstein, Master Vampire in Dracula Untold, Conrad Knox in the Cinemax series Strike Back, Raymond Stockbridge in Gosford Park, one-eyed hitman Benedict in Last Action Hero, Clemens in Alien³, Sardo Numpsa in The Golden Child, and Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown.
He started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.
He made his directorial film debut with the drama film Ladies in Lavender (2004), which he also wrote and executive produced.
Filmography
Character: Raymond Stockbridge
Character: Battar Master of Ceremonies
Character: Michael Harbinson
Character: Wing Commander Bentley
Character: Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Master Vampire
Character: Captain Richter
Character: Marchese Clementi
Character: Legantir (voice)
Character: Anthony Bowles
Character: Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Character: Self / Clemens
Character: Jack Wolfenden
Character: DCS Andrew Windsor
Character: Nabel / Macanudo
Character: Aleksandr Borinski
Character: Ralph Nickleby
Character: Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Professor Mandry
Character: Commander Denniston
Character: Michael Hayden
Character: King Charles II
Character: Tywin Lannister
Character: Roderic Chamberlain
Character: Old Alexander Ivanov
Character: Stephen Traynor
Character: William Methwold
Character: Jonathan Hoyle
Character: Harold Fillmore
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Character: Robert Flaherty
Character: The Traffic Warden
Character: James Richards
Character: Edward Forester
Character: Dr. Johan Anmuth
Character: Thomas Arlington
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: James 'Dougie' Douglas
Character: William Randolph Hearst
Character: Gerald Burton Jr
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Private Investigator
Character: Minister Neergaard
Character: Mr. James Moley (voice)
Character: Sir Henry Carlyle
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Dr. Ben Wilson